Dyeing-machine.



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913,274. Patented Feb. 23, 1909.

JENT OFFICE.

WILLY ERLER, OF MIINCHENBERNSDORF, GERMADIY.

DYEING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented- Feb. 23, 1909.

Application filed June 28, 1907. Serial No. 381,347.

T0,,aZl whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLY ERLER, a" subject of the German Emperor, and residing at Miiiichenbernsdorf, German Empire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dyeing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in machines for dyeing war s and yarns of allkinds, woven fabrics, 'a'n various other materials, such for instance as felt and paper, by

means of a vacuum alpparatus. My invention is i'l F lgure 1 is a ongitudinal section through a machine constructed according to this invention. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan of Fig; 1. Fig. 3 is a cross section through the dye-beck and vats.

The machine consists of a dye-beck a, which may be divided into a suitable number of compartments. At the top of the heck is a metal sieve 6, over which there is placed a felt blanket 0. Above the'blanket are disposed the patterns d corresponding to -the designs to be printed upon or iin arted n the to the yarn or other material e.

reviously material being supported at its ends by bein Wound upon rollers e, by the turning of W ich such material may be drawn along after each operation in order to expose another part to the action of the dyeing apparatus. ranged an apron g, which is wound upon rollersf, and may be adjusted to brin ifferent parts in position over the materia by turning the rollers. The sup ly of ii nor in the heck a/is kept constant by the eck being connected by pipes with tanks Z, the inlet to which is controlled by a float valve m.

'n, is a vacuum apparatus of any suitable description, whose. suction-mouth is above the apron g. The suction-head n is shown in the drawings as bein -supported by means of pinions meshing with two lateral racks '0 extending lengthwise of the material to be treated, so that by turning the pinions-they will travel and carry the suction-head along the racks from end to end.

- The book a is shown as being dividedinto a plurality of compartments by means of partitions extending up to the blanket, so that several dyes may e employed; but all the compartments might by means of open- Above this material there is ar- Above the material is theaprong and after-it is properly adjusted to position, the suction apparatus a is moved from one end of the taustrated 1n the accomb panymg-drawin s, in whichpets and other materials'with brig t desi ns.

Having thus described my invention, W at I claim i s- 1. In a dyeing machine the combination with dye-beck, of means for supporting a pattern above the same in position to recelve and support the material to be treated, an

apron above the material, means for adjusting the apron in position over the material, a suctlon apparatus above the apron and means for causlng the suction apparatus to travel over the apron and the material and draw the dye throu h the pattern into the material, substantially as described.

2. In a dyeing machine the combination with a dye beck of means for supporting a pattern above the same in position to receive and sup ort the material to be treated, lat- 'eral rac is along the edge of the dye-beck, a

suction apparatus above the dye-beck, and pinions carried by the suction apparatus resting upon-and meshing with the racks thereby supportingthe suction apparatus above the dye-beck and. permitting it to bemoved thereover, substantially as described.

3. In a d ein machine, the combination of a dye-becka blanketsupported at the top thereof in position to be saturated with the dye, a patternlying'u on the blanket and supporting the materia to be treated, and a suction apparatus supported above the material in position to draw the dye through the 'bla'nket and attern into the material, sub- 'stantially as escribed. Y

4. In a dyeing machine, the combination ofadye-bec ,a l

anket supported at the top,

thereof in. position to be saturated with the dye, a pattern lying upon the blanket and supporting the material to betreated, an

apron above the material, and a suction apparatus .supported above the apron in position to draw the-dye through the blanket and Zpattern and into the material, substantially apron above the material, and a suction ap-' paratus above the a ron in ositlon to draw 1 thedye from the b anket t rough-the pat tern and into the material.

6. In a dyeing machine, the combination of-a dye-beck, .partitions dividing the same into compartments, a sieve cover for each compartment, a blanket lyingupon the over the apron and the material While it is drawing the 'dye through the pattern and into the material, substantially as described. In testimony,'that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed'my name in presence oftwo subscribing Witnesses,

g WILLY ERLER.

VVitnesses: Y 4 1/ i SOUTHARD P. WARN-ER, 'RUDOLPH FnIoKE. 

